Chapter 771: The Emperor is cheated

The weather in Quanzhou changed as soon as possible. The sun was shining brightly a few days ago, and then there was another haze. As the rainstorm was about to fall, the port suddenly became clear. All the ships going out to sea fishing were leaning on the shore, and merchant ships also retreated to the anchor and hid in the harbor.

Zhao Ji was depressed when he thought of Chen Ao's lying about military affairs for a few days, stayed in the palace for several days and stayed in the door. Finally, he could not resist his curiosity about new things, so he asked someone to invite Wu Wencai, let him be the pioneer, and guide him around.

Zhao Ji went on a patrol in a very small dress, but there were many guards, both openly and secretly. This made Wu Wencai worried for a long time. Fortunately, there was no accident, which made him worry for nothing.

Today happened to be May 17th. The weather was not good, and Zhao Ji's mood also fell to the bottom. Seeing that the rain was not going down, he simply refused to call Wu Wencai and took the guards to go to the palace. The guards in the palace persuaded him a few words, and even Yang Jian followed him and said, "Your Majesty, this place is not as good as Bian Jing. If you go out in such a weather, it is not fun. The summer rain comes and goes quickly. It is better to be as clear as the weather. I will accompany Your Majesty for a walk."

Zhao Ji said, "If the people can go out, they also need to work at this time. Why can't I go out? Don't worry, there will be no problem. I heard that the workshop area is very lively, just go there. If it really rains heavily, it's okay to just find a place to avoid it."

Yang Jian couldn't persuade him, so he had to prepare more items to shelter from the rain, and then selected many guards to accompany Zhao Ji out.

At this time, the sky was gloomy, and even the seagulls near the beach disappeared. The air was filled with a fishy, ​​salty and hot flash. The carriage was ready. It was parked outside under the crooked neck. The guards were alert everywhere. When Zhao Ji got on the car, the coachman drove the car and went to the workshop area.

This workshop area used to be just a gathering area for the suburban workshops. I don’t know how many workshops were produced day and night. But later, because the craftsmen were unwilling to come from the city to work here, they all built houses nearby. With people, they naturally had storefronts. Therefore, various wine shops and teahouses rose from the ground. In addition, the garment shops were also the first to be promoted from here.

Originally, there were many silk and cloth shops in the Song Dynasty. Each company wanted to wear new clothes. They bought cloth from cloth shops and cut clothes by themselves. But now it is different. Preparation clothing shops are very popular in Quanzhou for no reason. Most of them are foreign craftsmen, and they may not bring their families with them. Without families, they would never buy cloth and cut them by themselves. Besides, even if they really have this ability, they may not have the skill. Men have to go out to work. So some merchants seized the business opportunity and set up a garment shop directly, invited women to work out various styles of garments and put them on the shelves to sell. After all, it is a large-scale production, so the garment styles are all kinds of strange and attractive enough. For example, the clothes cut by one's own home are always not as fresh as those made in the garment shop. Gradually, this kind of garment shop became more and more popular, and the cloth shop finally became a business that garment shops provided raw materials.

This Quanzhou ready-to-wear shop is also very interesting. Because it needs to meet the needs of all kinds of people, the design is also different. For example, the clothes sold to scholars and scholars, although the style is closer to the Confucian blouse, in order to attract the attention of guests, they always draw some gold thread on the cuffs and the edge of the lace, which makes people shine. As for the short clothes worn by craftsmen, in order to meet their convenience and speed during work, they deliberately make the sleeves narrower to make them more convenient to wear.

In fact, the prosperity of Quanzhou's sea trade has caused countless people to suddenly change their living habits. Changes in life have also caused countless new things to emerge. Prepared clothing is just one of this vast trend.

Zhao Ji sat in the carriage and arrived at the workshop area. It happened to be the time to go to work, so the crowds were crowded. He couldn't help but sigh that the workshop area was not famous, but its scale was not small, at least it accommodated hundreds of thousands of people. Its prosperity was no less than that of Xijing, but it was a little less than that of Bianjing, but its vitality was not inferior to Bianjing.

When Zhao Ji got out of the car, he was hiding among the crowd, which scared Yang Jian and the guards to death. He hurriedly chased after him and deliberately protected him. Zhao Ji looked around while walking, and suddenly stopped outside a garment shop. What attracted Zhao Ji's attention was the door face of the garment shop. The door face was very strange, and it was decorated with colorful glass, so he said to Yang Jian with interest: "Clothing shop, this is a fresh name. Come on, follow me... I'll go in and take a look."

When Zhao Ji stepped into this ready-to-wear shop, he felt even more unique. In the past, in the cloth shop, customers only had to choose which material and color, there was a counter in the shop, with shelves behind the counter, and the cloth was placed on the shelves, and the guests stood outside the counter to choose the goods. It was different. If they were folded and placed on the shelves, they were far away, and the guests couldn't even see the style clearly. Where can they say they could pay for the money? So the clothes were hung on the wall, layered over them, so the guests chose it for themselves.

When Zhao Ji walked in, he looked around and felt his eyes were getting blurred. He swept his eyes over and felt more and more excited.

At this time, the shop assistant saw the customer coming and immediately came up and said with a smile: "The customer is going to buy ready-made clothes. Our Shunchang ready-made clothes shop is a well-known shop with novel styles and excellent workmanship."

Zhao Ji was not good at chatting with people like this, and his face looked slightly red, so he had to nod.

The guy's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "A villain is so noble that he is so noble that he looks great. Of course, the clothes that the guests need to wear must be different."

When Zhao Ji heard this, he couldn't help but glance at the guy more, thinking to himself that the four words "Gui Bu Yan" were quite appropriate to me. This guy was very eye-catching. Without revealing his identity, this guy could even tell that his identity was different. Zhao Ji was suddenly happy. In fact, he didn't know that such a shop was talking and everyone he saw said this. In addition, there were so many followers standing in his identity, even if he was blind, he knew that the people who came were either giants or officials. It was always appropriate to say the four words "Gui Bu Yan".

Zhao Ji really felt that he was extraordinary, so he followed the guy to pick out a "extraordinary" straight leader's coat for him. It is said that he used gold silk satin, which cost thirty strings. Zhao Ji smiled and went out with satisfaction. Shixin's clothes were correct, but the price was indeed too expensive, and even Yang Jian couldn't help frowning at the side.

After coming out of the shop, Zhao Ji actually praised the guy for a few words. Yang Jian wanted to say that the things were expensive, but when he saw that Zhao Ji was excited, he refused to say it.

Zhao Ji spent a day wandering around the workshop area and realized the different fun here from Bianjing. The business here is obviously more developed. Although Bianjing is lively, there are not many things to buy, but it is different. Various shops have the most recent things at the moment. Zhao Ji had never even heard of some things. After walking around the way, he bought a lot of things, and spent more than 700 chunks. It was thanks to him that if it were ordinary people, they would have been unable to bear it.

There was a muffled thunder in the sky, and Yang Jian advised Zhao Ji to go back. After hearing this, Zhao Ji had to return to the carriage and returned to the city by people. Halfway through the journey, the sky burst into thunder, followed by heavy rain and the wind whistled, which was very horrifying. The guards were carrying the carriage and headed all the way. Zhao Ji was nothing. When he arrived at the Haizheng Yamen, these guards had already become drenched chickens, and even Yang Jian was no exception.

Zhao Ji came from the carriage and someone immediately supported him. However, the wind was strong here, and some rain drifted onto Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji quickly walked into the yamen. Wu Wencai, who had been anxiously waiting for a long time, lit up and immediately met him, "Why did your Majesty go out and you didn't know how to scare me?"

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I'm just walking around casually."

Wu Wencai immediately trotted to Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, you must pay attention to the dragon body. It's so heavy rain, there may be a typhoon. It's not fun to have an accident. I can't afford it." After that, he sighed and had to continue, "Your Majesty, there is news from the Great Yue Kingdom."

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? What news?"

Wu Wencai followed Zhao Ji to a living room. Zhao Ji sat down. Yang Jian didn't even change his clothes and brewed a pot of tea. Zhao Ji must have felt a little cold. He held the tea to warm his hands and said, "You keep talking."

Wu Wencai said: "It is said that the navy has taken over Shenglong and changed Shenglong to Hue. He has amnesty for Yue Kingdom and has taken over Yue Kingdom's royal family and is on his way back."

When Zhao Ji heard this, his face looked shocked, and then he curled his lips: "Is the news accurate?"

Wu Wencai thought for a while and shook his head, "It was the news coming from the merchants, and I am not sure about it."

Zhao Ji smiled faintly, leaned over to drink tea, then raised his eyes and said, "You can calculate it. It's less than two months since the expedition, and it will take nearly a month to go there. Unless that boy Shen Ao really took Champa in one day, arrived at Shenglong City in ten days, and defeated Shenglong in three days, otherwise how could the progress be so fast? Although I have been in the deep palace for a long time, this account will still be settled. I don't have to pay attention to this kind of rumors. Besides, if the navy took the good news, why didn't there be any memorials? There was only a confused good news that it occupied Champa. Later, when I scolded it, there would be no news."

When Wu Wencai saw that Zhao Ji didn't believe it, he actually didn't believe it. He smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty is aware of it, but the weak minister Meng Lang has actually believed these words and made His Majesty laugh."
Chapter completed!